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Bookmarks for January 7th through January 8th

by Ron Bieber on Thursday, January 8, 2009

  • Understanding Version-Control Systems (DRAFT) – Eric Raymonds draft article on version control systems and their evolution.
  • Our Git deployment workflow — Bryan Helmkamp – "At weplay, we recently switched to pure git version control from git-svn. Now that we've had a couple weeks for the dust to settle, I'd like to share our workflow for managing deployments to our staging and production clusters."
  • Oliver Steele · My Git Workflow – "Here’s my path to enlightment, and how I ended up using the index in my particular workflow. There are other workflows, but this one is mine."
  • possible/probable » Blog Archive » Failure – "On this day in 1996, Apple announced that it would be buying NeXT. At NeXT, I was making good money doing a job I enjoyed. (I had started shopping for a house!) Six months later, I was unemployed. How did this happen? I quit so that I could feel closer to failure."

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Bookmarks for October 17th through October 18th

October 18, 2008

Skype – can i stop it from loading at start-up? – Mac-Forums.com – How to stop Skype from loading at startup on your Mac.
FireWire Isn’t Alone: A Brief History of Features Apple Has Killed | Technologizer – List of technology Apple has chosen to kill from its products over the years.
Engineering Windows 7 : Engineering 7: A [...]

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Bookmarks for September 30th through October 6th

October 6, 2008

America's Most Overrated Product: the Bachelor's Degree – Chronicle.com – "College is a wise choice for far fewer people than are currently encouraged to consider it. It's crucial that they evenhandedly weigh the pros and cons of college versus the aforementioned alternatives. The quality of their lives may depend on that choice. "
How to Install [...]

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The Twilight Years of Cap’n Crunch

January 17, 2007

Interesting article I found via slashdot called The Twilight Years of Cap’n Crunch in the Wall Street Journal. The article details the current whereabouts of John Draper, who gained fame for his hacking skills as a “phone phreak”.

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